{"id":485341,"date":"2024-07-16T21:00:44","date_gmt":"2024-07-17T01:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=485341"},"modified":"2024-07-16T21:00:44","modified_gmt":"2024-07-17T01:00:44","slug":"trent-jr-to-ink-1-year-deal-with-the-bucks","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/trent-jr-to-ink-1-year-deal-with-the-bucks\/","title":{"rendered":"Trent Jr. to ink 1-year deal with the Bucks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ex-<a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/toronto-raptors\/\">Toronto Raptors<\/a> player Gary Trent Jr. has agreed on a 1-year contract with the <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/milwaukee-bucks\/\">Milwaukee Bucks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Gary will reunite with ex-Blazers teammate Damian Lillard.<\/p>\n<p>Bringing back the guard was not a priority for Toronto, but there was a chance that to happen before the draft, but the money and the timeline made the Raptors to let him leave.<\/p>\n<p>The guard (25) averaged almost 14 points, 3 boards, and 2 assists in 71 matches with Toronto in the past campaign. Gary\u2019s points-per-match average was his lowest since his 2<sup>nd<\/sup> year in the NBA when he averaged almost 9 points with Portland. However, he notched almost 40% of his 3-point attempts, his highest as a Toronto player.<\/p>\n<p>Trent Jr. is 1 of 4 basketballers to record at least 500 three-pointers and 300 steals over the last 3 campaigns, joining <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/player\/anthony-edwards\/\">Anthony Edwards<\/a>, Tyrese Haliburton, and fellow ex-teammate Fred VanVleet.<\/p>\n<p>Gary is coming off a 3-year, 51 million dollar deal he inked with Toronto in 2021 that saw him make almost 19 million dollars in the past campaign.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">PG: Damian Lillard<br \/>SG: Gary Trent Jr.<br \/>SF: Khris Middleton<br \/>PF: <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/player\/giannis-antetokounmpo\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/player\/giannis-antetokounmpo\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/player\/giannis-antetokounmpo\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/player\/giannis-antetokounmpo\/\">Giannis Antetokounmpo<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a> <br \/>C: Brook Lopez<\/p>\n<p>PG: Delon Wright <br \/>SG: AJ Green<br \/>SF: Andre Jackson Jr.<br \/>PF: Taurean Prince<br \/>C: Bobby Portis<\/p>\n<p>New look Bucks \ud83d\udc40\ud83d\udd25 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dM6QYO2eOf\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/dM6QYO2eOf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NBA World (@NBAW0RLD24) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBAW0RLD24\/status\/1813296149891100993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 16, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ex-Toronto Raptors player Gary Trent Jr. has agreed on a 1-year contract with the Milwaukee Bucks. 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